Israel Luna (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Israel Luna López | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pachuca | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2021 | Pachuca | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Pachuca | 34 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Mexico U17 | 15 | (7) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019 | |||
Israel Luna López (born 23 March 2002) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Pachuca.
Club career
Luna started his youth career with Pachuca, making his debut with the first team in 10 July 2022, in a 2-1 victory against Cruz Azul.[1] On 22 August 2022, he scored his first goal in 1-0 win against León.[2]
On 10 July 2023, in a match against León, Luna suffered an ACL injury on his right knee that kept him out for 6 months.[3] 9 months later, Luna suffered an ACL injury in his left knee, during an U-23 match against Chivas.[4]
International career
Youth
Luna was part of the under-17 side that participated at the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship,[5] where Mexico won the competition. He was included in the Best XI of the tournament.[6] Luna also participated at the 2019 U-17 World Cup,[7] where Mexico finished runner-up.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 December 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pachuca | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 29 | 3 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 1 | 31 | 4 | |
| 2023–24 | 5 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 4 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
- ^ Appearance in Campeón de Campeones
Honours
Pachuca
Mexico U17
- CONCACAF U-17 Championship: 2019
- FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2019
Individual
References
- ^ "Cruz Azul vs. Pachuca - 10 July 2022". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "Carrera ascendente de Israel Luna con el Pachuca en Liga MX". Hidalgo Sport (in Spanish). 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Santoy, Héctor (2023-07-21). "Israel Luna se sumará a la lista de bajas del Pachuca para el AP 2023" [Isreal Luna to join Pachuca's list of unavailable players for Apertura 2023]. ESTO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Velázquez, Alejandro (2024-04-17). "Pierden Tuzos a Israel Luna; se "tronó" la otra rodilla" [Tuzos lose Israel Luna; he "blew out" his other knee]. Criterio Hidalgo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "Efraín Álvarez encabeza lista del Tri para el Premundial Sub-17".
- ^ "TSG anuncia el XI Ideal Sub-17 de Concacaf 2019". Archived from the original on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ^ Medel, Édgar Malagón (7 October 2019). "Revelan lista del Tri para Mundial Sub-17; la encabeza la 'joya' que Zlatan alaba" (in Spanish). Mediotiempo. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Israel Luna at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
External links
- Israel Luna López at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Israel Luna at WorldFootball.net
- Israel Luna at Soccerway